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POPSImmortality only 20 years away says scientist No thanks, I don't want to live forever. "Ultimately, nanobots will replace blood cells and do their work thousands of times more effectively. "Within 25 years we will be able to do an Olympic sprint for 15 minutes without taking a breath, or go scuba-diving for four hours without oxygen. "Heart-attack victims – who haven't taken advantage of widely available bionic hearts – will calmly drive to the doctors for a minor operation as their blood bots keep them alive. "Nanotechnology will extend our mental capacities to such an extent we will be able to write books within minutes. "If we want to go into virtual-reality mode, nanobots will shut down brain signals and take us wherever we want to go. Virtual sex will become commonplace. And in our daily lives, hologram like figures will pop in our brain to explain what is happening. "So we can look forward to a world where humans become cyborgs, with artificial limbs and organs."
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POPSunderwater archeology museum - Caesarea "Well, divers in general have the tendency to look for new things, new sites, new interest, new thrills, and if they have the tendency or the feel for archaeology - bingo - they have two in one".
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POPSStunning underwater shots captured by world's top female cave diver and her team
Crawling through underwater caves from Antarctica to Mexico and Florida to Bermuda, it is a good thing that Jill Heinerth is not claustrophobic It also helps that Ms Heinerth, 44, is acknowledged as the world's top female cave diver Holding the world record for distance travelled in underwater caves as well as being the first person to cave dive in an Antarctic iceberg, Ms Heinerth has been at the top of her game for 20 years An expert at crossing pitch-black freezing tunnels, full time cave photographer Ms Heinerth carries up to 300 pounds of equipment with her on each expedition Using technology more advanced than average scuba diving gear, the Florida based adventure cave diver makes use of electric heated wetsuits and unique carbon dioxide recycling aqua-lungs 'The images of me with my team from Antarctica still bring back the excitement of that unique expedition,' says Ms Heinerth, who lives in the much warmer climate of High Springs in Florida.
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POPSAncient Maya sacrificed boys not virgin girls "It was thought that the gods preferred small things and especially the rain god had four helpers that were represented as tiny people," said de Anda. "So the children were offered as a way to directly communicate with Chaac," he said Archeologists previously believed young female virgins were sacrificed because the remains, which span from around 850 AD until the Spanish colonization, were often found adorned with jade jewelry. It is difficult to determine the sex of skeletons before they are fully matured, said de Anda, but he believes cultural evidence from Mayan mythology would suggest the young victims were actually male
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POPSMan Meets Whale WHOOOOA! Now I love whales but there is no way I would ever do this. I'd be too afraid of the whale swallowing me along with its lunch.
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POPSThe Diving Bell Spider more: The diving bell has a few other special features as well. For one, the silk skin lets oxygen diffuse in from the water and carbon dioxide diffuse out, meaning the spider does not have to renew her air supply so often. The silk threads that anchor the cocoon also serve as underwater traps, alerting the spider when some unsuspecting prey touches them, so she can come darting out to deliver a paralysing bite with her potent, venomous fangs.
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POPSGiant Bioluminescent Squid Captured on Video for First Time! Terrifying! The YouTube link is OK, but see the full-size, high-frame-rate Quicktime version on nature.com to see this rare animal in all its lit-up glory. Like something out of a James Cameron movie.... Remains of Taningia danae often show up in the stomachs of sperm whales. The squid's flabby flesh led experts to think that it floats in the water column like a neutrally buoyant scuba diver. But the new footage shows it can reach speeds of up to 9 kilometres per hour. When presented with bait, the squid attacked, flashing its luminescent spots, or 'photophores', which contain glowing bacteria. It produced longer glows when faced with the bait rig's lights, suggesting that it was performing some sort of mating dance.
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POPSIndonesia's psychedelic fish named a new species "The fish, which has a gelatinous fist-sized body covered with thick folds of skin that protect it from sharp-edged corals, also has a flat face with eyes directed forward, like humans, and a huge, yawning mouth."
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POPS34 do-it-yourself holiday gifts One caveat regarding making marble magnets: silicone caulk turns yellow over time, so a year-old magnet may develop an unappealing yellow tinge. Learned that one the hard way...
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POPS"Fairytale of New York" BBC Reverse Censorship Decision in 24 hours My Birthday song in political correct controversial BBC stupidity with best Christmas Song. Jean MacColl, the singer’s mother, compared the song with a play. “These are a couple of characters, Irish immigrants not in the first flush of youth and this is the way they spoke,” “Shane wrote the most beautiful song and you really feel for these characters. Shakespeare was quite open about certain expressions. You cannot emasculate the song. It’s absolute nonsense.” Yesterday marked the seventh anniversary of Kirsty MacColl’s manslaughter/murder, after she was hit by a power boat while scuba diving. She was the daughter of the folk singer Ewan MacColl.
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